...BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The SBM Bank (Mauritius) Ltd is a leading financial services group in Mauritius with a growing international presence. It provides all services of a universal bank within a diversified business model. The lines of business include: Retail Banking, Small and Medium Enterprises, Wealth Management & Private Banking, Corporate Banking and International Banking & Global Business, Treasury services, E-Business, Fiduciary services, Asset Financing, Stock broking and Asset Management. A brief history of the bank is introduced below. • The bank started its business on 1973. • From 1973 to 1983 - launching expansion of social banking. • From 1984 to 1990 - consolidation. • From 1985 to 1995 – automation. • From 1995 to 2000 –...
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...Comperative Study of Corporate Social Activities of Bank And Non Bank Financial Institute Executive Summery This paper deals with some banks & non-banking financial institutions which are performing CSR. It is the continuing commitment by business to behave ethically and contribute to economic development while improving the quality of life of the workforce and their families as well as of the local community and society at large. It would be give strategic, longer run competitive advantage for banks and non-banking financial institutions in Bangladesh to embrace CSR in their management approaches and operations, with initiatives chosen in broad-based, extensive stakeholder engagement. Corporate social responsibility may help to establish clear boundaries among the different interests of the groups like shareholders, citizens, providers, and customers. In this paper, we will describe, analyze, and formalize the critical responsibility parameters, as well as the variables that shape them. Introduction The title of our term paper is “Comparative Study on the Corporate Social Responsibility Performing by Banking, Non-Banking Financial Institutions” . Globally, the notion of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is fast gaining acceptance as the contribution that businesses can and should make voluntarily...
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...ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY:1 Is a common CSR framework possible? PIOTR MAZURKIEWICZ DevComm-SDO World Bank This paper is not intended to serve as an exhaustive, comprehensive treatment of CRS. Rather, it is part of a broader discussion on corporate social responsibility, in the context of environmental protection. This paper is not a publication of the World Bank. It is circulated to encourage discussion.. The views expressed are solely those of the author and his views and this paper should not be attributed to the World Bank. This paper benefited greatly from the advice provided by Charles E. Di Leva, Lead Counsel, ESSD and International Law The World Bank Legal Department. 1 1 I. ABSTRACT Traditionally, environmental protection has been considered to be “in the public interest” and external to private life. Governments have assumed principal responsibility for assuring environmental management, and have focused on creating and preserving a safe environment. They have directed the private sector to adopt environmentally sound behavior through regulations, sanctions and occasionally, incentives. When environmental problems have arisen, the public sector has generally born the responsibility for mitigation of environmental damage. . In this approach, some have contended that unrestricted private sector behavior has been considered as presenting the “environmental problem”. However, the roles of sectors have been changing, with the private sector becoming an active partner in...
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...Assignment criteria • CSR (Corporate Social Responsibilities) • CSR practices in Bangladesh. • CSR in Banking sector ( Education , Health care, Social development) • Principals of CSR • Advantages of CSR • Disadvantages of CSR + ` Corporate Social Responsibilities Corporate Social Responsibilities simply means business giving back to the society. Corporate social responsibility is the commitment of business to contribute to sustainable economic growth, working with employees, their families, the local community and society at large to improve their quality of life. It is comparatively and speedily developing trend. But the CSR is not only simply a communality activity, although this the most visible part of ethics of an organization and has a core values. The field of responsible business practice is one of the most speedily budding corporate today. Now companies have to build shareholder value while harmonizing the increasing, ethical, social and environmental expectation of the society. In a nutshell, today companies have to make profits with principle, which will ultimately need companies to be more transparent. There is a consciousness that being responsible can actually be good for a company’s reputation and for a business. CSR particles in Bangladesh A socially responsible business environment is as much needed in Bangladesh as anywhere else. It’s really needed in a developing country like Bangladesh. In developing...
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...Governance ISSN 2161-7104 2012, Vol. 2, No. 1 Corporate Social Responsibility of Private Banks in Bangladesh: Expectations, Achievements and Challenges Md. Fouad Hossain Sarker Lecturer Faculty of Science & Information Technology Daffodil International University Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh Tel: +88 01554336014 Received: February 27, 2012 E-mail: fouadsarker@yahoo.com Accepted: April 16, 2012 DOI: 10.5296/jpag.v2i1.1583 Abstract This paper examines people‟s understanding, expectations and assessment of the corporate social responsibility (CSR) of private banks, especially Dutch-Bangla Bank Ltd. (DBBL), one of the largest private banks in Bangladesh. This study has been conducted among the stakeholders and beneficiaries of the Dutch Bangla Bank Limited. Surveys have been conducted using structured questionnaires to critically examine the subjective perceptions of the meaning, reasons and various aspects of CSR tasks of DBBL in Bangladesh. It has been found out that common people either do not have clear understanding about CSR activities or are not really concerned about the social responsibilities of the corporate organizations. The expected outcome of CSR activities, as has been stated in the memorandum and commitments of the corporate houses, has yet to be achieved. This study suggests that a more comprehensive and humane involvement of the common people in the CSR activities is required, which would not only fulfill the intended goals and objectives...
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...Practice of Corporate Social Responsibility in Islamic Banks of Bangladesh Quazi Sagota Samina* The evolution of Shariah based profit –loss sharing centered Islamic banking, worldwide has changed the thought of financial institutions even of the developed countries in the west. On the other hand the recognition of importance of corporate social activities in the business organizations as well as in financial institutions has accelerated the significance of Islamic banks as in Islam these CSR practice have been emphasized in different ways. Likewise the Islamic financial institutions all over the world, Islamic banks in Bangladesh are also being engaged in various social activities as a part of their responsibilities. In this study it has been tried to find out whether the Islamic Banks of Bangladesh are adhering to the prescribed forms of the CSR activities or not. This paper is mainly designed based on the CSR forms to be followed by Islamic banks as has been prescribed by Farook (2007) in his study “On Corporate Social Responsibility of Islamic Financial Institutions” under the light of Islamic Shariah. The research found compliance to the mandatory forms by the 6 full fledged sample Islamic banks in Bangladesh whereas variety in involvement in recommended forms of CSR activities by considering the scenario of banks from 2007 to 2011. The study also finds a strong positive correlation between CSR expenditure and sample banks’ deposit, loan and profitability. Keyword: Corporate...
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...Executive Summary: The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) practices of some local banks and track the performance of these banks with superior ratings for environmental, social and governance practices in Bangladesh and these banks are: Eastern Bank Limited, One Bank Limited and Mutual Trust Bank Limited. The study specifically focused on the extent to which companies practicing CSR complied with basic legal labor standards involving their employees and my marking 0 and 1 (0 for Null for practicing CSR,1 for CSR Practice). The study involved identification of companies providing CSR, obtaining information about the details of the CSR practices adopted at these companies (though looking at their website and interviews few of employees) and an assessment of how well these companies complied with basic CSR standards. The research found that most CSR practicing companies practiced CSR in their own specific way. It was often unclear how much money companies spend on CSR and it also found that many of these companies, whilst providing CSR, did not comply with the law in providing basic labor standards to their employees. The study also showed the comparison among these three banks with graph where graphical technique is informative in the field of statistics used to visualize quantitative data. Statistics and data analysis procedures generally yield their output in numeric or tabular form; graphical techniques allow such...
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...various banks are as follows- SBI launches green policy for paperless banking The State Bank of India (SBI) on Friday launched its "Green Banking Policy" in the Bengal circle. Aiming at paperless banking, the SBI has selected four of its branch in Kolkata and Howrah to introduce point-of-sales (POS) terminals. It will also run 50 ATMs out of 850 ATMs in Bengal by solar energy by March 31, 2011. Addressing a press conference, Suriender Kumar, chief general manager, Bengal circle, SBI, said, "We want to contribute in cleaning our environment. The plan to introduce POS terminal is to ensure paperless banking. Customers can deposit as well as withdraw cash from these terminals. We will also run more and more ATMs by solar energy to reduce our power consumption." The SBI has planned to introduce five lakh POS terminals across the country in next three to five years. The Bengal circle of the bank has also doubled its profit in the first quarter of the current fiscal compared to corresponding period of the last financial year. The retail banking business has been increased by over Rs 3500 crore in the first quarter compared to the same period of 2009-10. ICICI bank ICICI Bank's Technology Finance Group (TFG) implements programmes for multilateralagencies in areas of collaborative research and development (R&D), energy, environment and healthcare. TFG's initiatives include efforts to attract and channel private financing into cleaner technologies, to create public-private partnerships to mitigate greenhouse...
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...Dutch-Bangla Bank Ltd (DBBL) yesterday decided to donate Tk 9.73 crore to Dhaka University (DU) for establishing a research centre on the university campus. The DBBL Board of Directors in its 77th meeting decided to donate the money for constructing an 11-storey research centre ‘Dutch-Bangla Bank Centre for Advanced Research in Arts and Social Sciences Bhaban’ on the DU campus. The research centre, which would be the first of its kind in the country, will be supervised by renowned teachers, scholars and researchers. It will also award scholarship to researchers and scholars at home and abroad. The DBBL formally launched its operation in the country on June 3, 1996, and have been involved in philanthropic and social activities since then. It established Dutch-Bangla Bank Foundation (DBBF) in June 2001 to conduct humanitarian activities including rehabilitation of the destitute. The bank has so far taken various Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programmes including scholarship programme for the meritorious and needy students, blind education and rehabilitation organisation, HIV/AIDS assistance programme, smile brighter programme, support to acid and dowry victims, vesico vaginal fistula (VVF) operation to improve women’s reproductive health, disaster management programme, and donation to different organisations. The DBBL received an international award on CSR from Asian Institute of Management, Manila in the 3rd Annual Asian CSR Award ceremony. Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited a...
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...WE THE PEOPLE GROUP ORGANISATION PROFILE Justrojgar India Private Limited/ We The People 102, D211, Laxmansingh Complex 1, Munirka, New Delhi-110057, India Mob.: +91 81309 333 00 Tel: +91 11 460 28 268; Email: ajayamohapatra@justrojgar.com Website www.justrojgar.com ABOUT WE THE PEOPLE GROUP We the People Group is a social enterprise providing livelihoods promotion services to the lower income groups emphasising on women, youth and farmers through institutional development services, financial inclusion services and business development services. We believe that ‘Income is Development’. We the People strives to address the challenge of persistent poverty by creating income opportunities for the poor Profile: We The People Group, 2012-13 Page 2 and by enabling them to earn a stable income. We the People achieves its goal through its two entities – We the People, an NGO registered as a society and Justrojgar India Pvt. Ltd, a for-profit company. VISION Create Million Rojgar (Jobs/ livelihoods) for the people at the Bottom of the Pyramid by 2022. MISSION Promotion of sustainable livelihoods and inclusive employability at the bottom-up of the pyramid through institutional, financial and business development services ABOUT WE THE PEOPLE We the People in partnership with state governments, corporates and financial institutions promotes livelihoods, financial inclusion, skill building and development of ecosystem in rural and urban India. We the ...
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...CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND INFORMATION Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as a concept entails the practice whereby corporate entities voluntarily integrate both social and environment upliftment in their business philosophy and operations. A business enterprise is primarily established to create value by producing goods and services which society demands. The present-day conception of corporate social responsibility (CSR) implies that companies voluntarily integrate social and environmental concerns in their op¬erations and interaction with stakehold¬ers. The notion of CSR is one of ethical and moral issues surrounding corporate decision making and behaviour, thus if a company should undertake cer¬tain activities or refrain from doing so because they are beneficial or harmful to society is a central question. Social issues deserve moral consideration of their own and should lead managers to consider the social impacts of corporate activities in decision making. Regardless of any stake¬holders’ pressures. However, some arguments that the contri¬bution of concepts such as CSR is just a reminder that the search for profit should be constrained by social considerations (Manuel and Lúcia, 2007) and increasingly CSR is analysed as a source of competitive ad¬vantage and not as an end in itself (Bran¬co and Rodrigues, 2006). In effect, the concept of CSR has evolved from being regarded as detrimental to a company’s profitability, to being considered as some¬how benefiting...
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...Background of AB Bank Limited AB Bank Limited, the first private sector bank was incorporated in Bangladesh on 31st December 1981 as Arab Bangladesh Bank Limited and started its operation with effect from April 12, 1982. AB Bank is known as one of leading bank of the country since its commencement 28 years ago. It continues to remain updated with the latest products and services, considering consumer and client perspectives. AB Bank has thus been able to keep their consumer’s and client’s trust while upholding their reliability, across time. During the last 28 years, AB Bank Limited has opened 77 Branches in different Business Centers of the country, one foreign Branch in Mumbai, India and also established a wholly owned Subsidiary Finance Company in Hong Kong in the name of AB International Finance Limited. To facilitate cross border trade and payment related services, the Bank has correspondent relationship with over 220 international banks of repute across 58 countries of the World. In spite of adverse market conditions, AB Bank Limited which turned 28 this year, concluded the 2008 financial year with good results. The Bank’s consolidated profit after taxes amounted to Taka 230 cr which is 21% higher than that of 2007. The asset base of AB grew by 32% from 2007 to stand at over Tk 8,400 cr as at the end of 2008. The Bank showed strong growth in loans and deposits. Deposit of the Bank rose by Tk. 1518 cr ie., 28.45% while the diversified Loan Portfolio grew by over 30%...
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...floor) Block B, Mohamadput Dhaka 1207 Tel: +88 02 - 9119903-4 Mobile: +88- 01193 200207, +88- 01191 797414 www.safetyandrights.org info@safetyandrights.org Date of Publication January, 2014 Copyright Safety & Rights Society Printed by Chowdhury Printers and Supply 48/A/ Badda Nagar, B.D.R. Gate No. 1 Pilkhana, Dhaka-1205 ISBN : 978-984-33-6453-1 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We wish to express our appreciation to the following individuals and organisations, without whose support this research would not be possible to accomplish. Our appreciation goes to the business leaders who provided their valuable time in sharing their views and CSR practices, and for the in-depth discussions on the current situation and ways and means of improving CSR practice in Bangladesh. We were encouraged by the enthusiasm shown by the private sector and their willingness to meet with us and share their experience, often at very short notice. Without the support from these leaders, our study would not have been possible. We would particularly like to thank Mr. Santos Datta Joint Secretary of the Bangladesh Employers Federation, who personally communicated with their listed companies and has briefed them about the research. We would also like to thank the support given by factory workers who were open and willing to share their work experience in those respective companies. We are also grateful to Diakonia who...
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...WHAT IS CSR? WHAT CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY? IS 8 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS JULY 2002 21ST CENTURY CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: ADVANCING FAMILY PLANNING AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH W HAT IS CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY? 8 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS JULY 2002 CATALYST Consortium is a USAID-funded family planning and reproductive health activity focused on working in Asia and the Near East, Europe and Eurasia, and Latin America and the Caribbean. Composed of five equal partners — Academy for Education and Development, The Centre for Development and Population Activities, Meridian Group International, Inc., Pathfinder International and PROFAMILIA/Colombia, CATALYST is dedicated to working in partnership with the public, private and NGO sectors in developing, expanding and sustaining quality family planning and reproductive health services and healthy practices through both clinical and non-clinical programs. Special Acknowledgments CATALYST extends its appreciation to the Health Team of the Asia and Near East Bureau, USAID/Washington for its encouragement, support, and contributions in the development and production of this material. Credits Principal Author/Project Manager Zynia L. Rionda, MPA Contributors Victoria Baird, MBA Christina Kramer, MBA David Wofford, MS Photography Zynia L. Rionda, MPA Graphic Design De Val Grafik Source, LLC 202.362.7600 © July 2002, CATALYST Consortium This material was made possible through support provided by...
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...given the birth of corporate social responsibility (CSR). While the concept of CSR is widely accepted, there is no single, universally accepted definition of CSR. Generally, it refers to business decision-making linked to ethical values, compliance with legal instruments, and respect for people, communities and the environment. CSR has been defined as “the integration of business operations and values whereby the interests of all stakeholders, including customer, employees, investors and the environment are reflected in the organization’ polices and actions” (Smith,2002). An international survey of corporate sustainability reporting conducted by KPMG in 2002 found that 45%of the world’s largest 250 companies now produce environmental and social reports, up from 35% in 2000. This survey shows how much disclosure of CSR is expanded. The companies have to satisfy the divergent number of stakeholders, the credible relationship is created through CSR reporting. It improves communication with the community and other stakeholders (Anand, 2002) and results in competitive advantage (King, 2002). CSR through ensuring better and safe working environment, elimination ofcorruption, focusing of human rights and environmental sustainability are now recognized as essential factors for the sustainable development of societies (Raihan et. al., 2002). The present study mainly visualizes CSR information in the selected private commercial banks (PCBs) of Bangladesh. For this purpose this paper has...
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